The A-Team is a group of ex-United States Army Special Forces soldiers who, near the end of the Vietnam War, were convicted of a crime they did not commit and managed to escape from the Military Police. As fugitives, the A-Team work as soldiers of fortune, using their military training to fight oppression au injustice. Hannibal, along with B. A. Baracus, Templeton "Faceman" Peck, and H. M. "Howlin' Mad" Murdock make up the A-Team.

In the pilot episode ("Mexican Slayride: Part 1"), Hannibal is described kwa a reporter colleague of Amy Allen as follows: "The leader [of the A-Team] is a Colonel...

• I upendo it when a plan comes together.

• Ever notice wewe run into the nicest people in tanks?

• Hickory dickory dock / The panya, kipanya ran up the clock / The clock struck one / Down he run / wewe smell worse than my socks!

• inayofuata time wewe think wewe want to take someone out, don't get yourself a good squad. Get yourself a team.

• Nice, B.A.!

• Go, B.A.!

• See, I was the kid who always liked waiting on krisimasi Eve even zaidi than I liked opening the presents the inayofuata morning. But the inayofuata morning when I started rippin', I started rippin'!

• The Opera isn't over until the fat lady sings.

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Suave, smooth-talking, and hugely successful with women, Peck serves as the team's con man and scrounger, able to get his hands on just about anything they need, using various disguises - albeit less than Hannibal - and assuming a wide variety of personas and backstories as his scams require. Effectively second-in-command behind Hannibal (although Murdock outranks him), he is the one who arranges for supplies, equipment, and sensitive information using numerous scams and hustles; several episodes also suggest that he is also responsible for arranging the team's weaponry, especially when overseas,...